Toy.



PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.

F. J. PIOGH.

TOY.

AYPLIOATION FILED 00T.12,1904.

mJ w, my w Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed October 12, 1904:. Serial No. 228,184.

- To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J PIOOH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Provo City, in the county of Utah and State of Utah, haveinvented a new and useful Toy, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to toys, and has for its object to provide animproved flying toy or top wherein the rotatable element or top membermay be conveniently assembled with the handle or body of the device.

Another object of the invention is to provide for guiding theoperating-cord when being unwound from the stem or shank of therotatable member and to facilitate the engagement of the cord with theguide without threading the former in an endwise direction through theguide.

A still further object of the invention is to arrange the device so thatit may be supported in a substantially horizontal position to operate asawindmill and as a weather-vane in addition to its operation as a flyingtoy or top.

more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understoodthat changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may bemade within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the toyof the present invention arranged for use as a flying top. Fig. 2 is adetail longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view, ona small scale, illustrating the device mounted to operate as a windmilland weather-vane. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a modified formof propeller-wheel.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery figure of the drawings.

An important consideration in the production of the present device is ofcourse simplicity, inexpensiveness, and durability, and therefore it isproposed to form the handle or body from a single piece of wire, whichis bent intermediate of its ends to form an elongated loop 1, whichconstitutes the handle or body, the end portions of the wire beingintertwisted and soldered, as at 2, to rigidly connect the end portionsof the wire and also produce ashoulder or seat for the support of thetop member, as will hereinafter appear. One side of the handle isextended in a straight line beyond the shoulder 2, so as to'form aspindle member 3, while the other side of the handle has its end portionprojected at substantial] y right angles to the spindle and bent into aspiral 4:, which constitutes a guide for the operating-cord, as will behereinafter explained.

The rotatable top member consists of a tubular open-ended stem or shank5, from one end portion of which radiate propeller-blades 6, the outerends of which are embraced by a rim 7 to brace the blades and strengthenthe top.

In using the device as. a flying top the tubular stem or shank 5 of thetop is slipped upon the spindle 3 and supported upon the shoulder orseat 2, after which a suitable operating-cord is wound upon the tubularstem, as indicated at 8 in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and then the free endof the cord is engaged with. the guide 4: by winding the free endportion 9 of the cord between the coils of the guide, thereby bringingthe cord into the position shown in Fig. 1. When the parts have thusbeen assembled, the handle 1 is taken in one hand and the free endportion 9 of the cord is quickly drawn through the guide which rotatesthe top, and when the cord becomes entirely unwrapped from the tubularstem or shank 5 the top mounts into the air and then returns to theground, where it spins upon the stem or shank 5. The purpose of theguide 4 is to retain the cord in engagement with the handle until theextremity of the cord is freed from the stem or shank of the top,thereby to maintain said top'upon the handle until the cord has entirelyunwrapped therefrom, so

as to prevent the top springing from the handle before the cord has beenunwrapped therefrom. It will thus be understood that in addition toserving as a guide for the operatingcord the member 4 operates tomaintain the top upon the handle until all of the cord has ecome unwoundtherefrom, thereby to obtain the most effective rotation of the top andto prevent entangling of the cord thereon.

In addition to its capacity as a flying top the present device may serveas a weather-vane and a windmill in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings, wherein the guide 4 is placed over a nail 10, driven intothe top of a post or other support 11, there being a piece of paper,board, or the like 1?. connected to the handle to serve as a vane, so asto hold the wheel to the wind in order that the wheel may be rotatedthereby.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the presentinvention produces an exceedingly strong, durable, and inexpensive toy,which may be conveniently manipulated without any particular degree ofskill and may be quickly transformed from a flying top to a weather-vaneor windmill without disconnecting or adjusting any of the parts stem fordetachable rotation upon the spindle,

and an open-ended cord-guide carried by and projected from the handle atsubstantially right angles to the base of the spindle.

2. A toy of the character described comprising a handle having aspindle, a rotatable wheel having propeller-blades and a tubular stemfor detachable rotation upon the spindle, and an open-ended cord-guidecarried by the handle at substantially right angles to the spindle andconsistingof a spirally-bent member.

8. A combined flying top and toy windmill comprisinga handlehavingaspindle projected longitudinally from one end of the handle, arotatable wheel having propeller-blades anda tubular stem for detachablerotation upon the spindle, and a cord-guide carried by and projectedfrom the handle at substantially right angles to the base of the spindleand constituting a support for the device when used as a toy windmill.

4. A toy of the character described comprising a wire handle, one end ofthe wire be ing formed into a spindle and the other end formed into acord-guide located at the base of the spindle, and a rotatable wheelhaving propeller-blades and a tubular stem for detachable rotation uponthe spindle.

5. A toy of the character described comprising a handle formed of alooped wire, one end of the wire being formed into a spindle and theother end being twisted into a spiral cord-guide disposed atsubstantially right angles to the base of the spindle, and a rotata blewheel having propeller-blades and a tubular stem for detachable rotationupon the spindle.

6. A toy of the character described comprising a handle formed of wirewhich is bent intermediate of its ends to form a loop constituting ahandle, one end of the wire constituting a spindle and the other end ofthe wire being bent into a spiral disposed laterally at one side of thespindle and constituting a cord-guide, and a rotatable wheel removablymounted upon the spindle and provided with propeller-blades.

7. A toy of the character described comprising a handle formed from asingle length of wire which is bent intermediate of its ends to form aloop-shaped handle, one end portion of the wire constituting a spindleand the other end portion being wrapped around the base portion of thespindle and formed into a cord-guide projected at one side of thehandle, the engaged portions of the wire being arranged to form anannular shoulder,

and a rotatable wheel having propeller-blades and a tubular stemrotatably embracing the spindle and supported upon the shoulder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. PIOCH.

Witnesses:

V. V. BOTT, AUGUST BLUNENTHEL.

